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GHARLES F. WEST, on BosToN, AssIGNoR 'ro J. 11 'TPLEY AND eoMPANvj OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

4Letters Pate-nt No. 79,927', dated July 14, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN PAPER-RULING MACHINES.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CON CERN:

'Be it known that I, CLIARLS F. Alll'nsr, of Boston, in the county of Suffollgand State of Massachusetts,

A:Vlia've invented certain new and useful Improvements in'Paper-Ruling Machines; and I dohereby declare that the following, taken in connection with the vdrawings which accompany and form pant of this specification, is a. description of my invention su'cient to enable those skilled in the art to practise it.

The invention relatesparticularly to the construction and arrangement of mechanism for gauging the length of lines ruled upon the paper, or for automaticallycarrying the pens into and outof action with the surface of the paper at proper times, c r in accordance with the length 'of lines desired, and the location 4of the'so lines upon thepaper. i Y i i Myimpr'ovemeut is mostly in the form of anrndjunct, having no direct connection wththe ruling-mechanism, but being attached Ato a ruling-machine, on one side ot'. the frame thereof, so as to leave the ruling-mechanism free from obstructions. A v l i Myinvention' consists primarily' in' combining, with a ruling-machine, a rotary gauge-wheel, placed on one side ofthe machine, and at the end of and preferably moved by frictional contact with the ruling-cylinder, said wheel having adjustable surfaces for throwing the pens out of and down into contact with the paper at fixed times, and to rule fixed lengths of lines, there being also combined directly with said wheel a stop-and-latch mechanism, which holds orvcauses the pens to be held in elevated position, or out of action, after one sheet has passed from under the pens, until A'such time as that the wheel shall be automatically released from this latchmechanism, when the wheel will again rot-ate, and throw the pens into and out of action, according to the lines, to bc made, and breaks ,or spaces to be left unruled, in line with each pe'n. l

The drawings' represent, atv Figure A, a plan, at

Figure B, a side elevation, and at l Figure C, a vertical section of a ruling-machine, or parts of such Ina-chine, embodying my invention, the section at Iig. C being taken on the line :z: t l

a denotes the frame of the machine, in which is mounted the large ruling-cylinder or bed b, around which cylinder, anda roll, e, the endless-feed apron cl extends, the sheets of paper to be ruled being carried by this apron, under a grooved roll, e, and under cords f, passing around this roll and a roll, y, and each sheest being ruled as it passes over the roll 6, (down to thc surface of which itlf is held by the cords f,) by a series of pens projecting from a pen-beam, l, (one'of suclrpens being seen at z',) themachine, in general constnuction,organi-A zation, and inode of operation-of these parts, not necessarily differing from machines in common use.

The pen-beam t is hung upon standards /c by journal-pins l, and its pens are held down tpwards, and at proper times aga-inst, the sheet of'papervbencath, by weights or byvsuitable springs m. On 'one side of the frame ft, andin Aline with the ruling-cylinder, is a table or extension, n, upon which is supported ai horizontal rotary wheel, 0, which4 is directly mounted upon a vertical pin or shaft, p, projecting freni a slide, q. The peripheral surface or tread,I 7', of this wheel rests' against t'hc end, t, of' the cylinder l1, being pressed' up thereto by a spring, zt, acting agnist'the-slideq, the pressure being such that the rotation of the cylinder effects frictional contact) the rotation of' the wheel.

In the upper surface lf the wheel c is a deep circular groove, v, made to receive a series of segmental lifterpicces, ze, which-maybe adj-usted in position along in the groove, and may be'fixed in any position by screwsa; o1' by other suitable deviccs, the Lipper edge of cach piecc w projecting above thc adjacent surface of thc wheel, as seen at iig. B.

Fixed to one end ofthe pen-beam L is an arm, y, at the end of which is a friction-roll, e, resting upon the wheel o, in line with thc groove e, insuch manner that as each piece w (in the rotation of the wheel) comes into contact with thisroll, it raises the roll and thereby the beam, (as will readily be seein) and, in raising the beau),

lifts the points of the pens from the surface of the cylinder b, and thereby arrests the ruling, while, ass each lifter-piece passes the segment, the roll drops down upon the surface of the wheel, and thereby lets the pens ldown again to the cylinder, so that while a sheet of paper is passing under the pens, they will automatically rule, and stop ruling, accordingly asthey are thrown up and let down by lneansof the wheel o and its segmentpieces w. -These pieces are made movable, and 'by joining them together or lappinglthem, the length of space traversed by the cylinder o, and the'pnper thereon, while the pens are raised from the paper, and while they are let down thereupon, may berregulated as may be desirable. l

'.lo throw the wheel 0 out of action when the sheet of paper has passed, and into action as a fresh sheet enters,'a mechanism is employed as follows: y

Over the pen-beam h is a horizontal rod, a', having, near one end, an arm, bjointed to a latch-lever, e which lever turns on a fulcrnm at cl, the opposite end of the leverhaving a hook, e', which hook rests lupon the surface-of the wheel o', being held normally down to same by a spring, or by other suitable means. y

A pin, g, projects up from this wheel, and as in the rotation of the wheel o this pin g comes round to the hook e', the hook catches the pin and stops the wheel, and if a segment-piece,w, is opposite to the wheel, it will be obvionsthat this stoppage takes place when the pens are raised from the paper, they being kept raised until the wheel shall be released from the hook e. The rod a also has fixed to it an arm, 7L', at the foot of which. is

a sort of ca1n-shaped roll, z" ,'turning in a fork in the foot. This roll has a at or but slightly-curved face, It', on one edge of it, and adjacent to one end of this face a notch, Z', the lower edgeiofthe notch coming down to an edge with the end ot the face le', and from this notch over to the opposite end of the roll the surface of the rollis rounded, so as to roll freely by friction with the moving surface of the cylinder. i

New, when the wheel o has been thrown out of action by the hook e', the face lc of the roll z" lies upon`tbe cylinder, as seen in the detaiLD. As the edge ofthe advancing sheet of paper strikes the edge of this face, it

slides up into the notch, and then, by its pressure against the roll, it tips it up, as seen by the dotted lines at D,thereby raising the arm'h and slightly turning the rod a in its bearings, which movement of therod presses down the link, which connects the arm b', to the latch-lever c', and thereby raises the opposite or hooked end-of said lever, and releases `the pin g', the wheel o being then free to move on and to effect the alternate ruling and spacing upon this sheet as upon the last one. The movement of the edge of the paper against Athe camroll upsets the roll and brings its curved surface over upon the paper, and the roll will then rotate by the contact of the paper until its flat surface comesdown upon the paper,` when it will stop, being then in position to be similarly operated upon` by the edge ofl the next sheet of paper.

1. I claim combining, with a ruling-mechanism, the wheel o, provided with lifter-surfaces or pieces, for effect-ing the rise of the pens at the proper times, when the wheel is arranged in relation to the ruling-cylinder,

v substan tially as Idescribed.

2. I also claim making the lifter-pieces w adjustable within the circular grooves v, when held in position, substantially as set forth. .t l

3. I also cl'aim arranging the'wheel o with its axis at right angles to that of the ruling-cylinder or bed, so as to be driven by frictional contact therewith, substantially as set forth. j 5

4. I also claim combining, with the wheel 0 and cylinder arranged in relation to each other, substantially as described, mechanism for arresting the'rotation of the wheel,l and forefecting its release, substantially as and for the purpose specified,

' CHAS. l?. WEST.

Witnesses:

FRANCIS G'ouLD, L. H. LATIMER. 

